Github user d2r commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/275#issuecomment-66294912
The explanation makes sense. I still see some test errors:
```
java.lang.NullPointerException
at backtype.storm.tuple.TupleImpl.isTick(TupleImpl.java:218)
at storm.kafka.bolt.KafkaBolt.execute(KafkaBolt.java:92)
at
storm.kafka.bolt.KafkaBoltTest.executeWithBrokerDown(KafkaBoltTest.java:145)
```
```
java.lang.NullPointerException
at backtype.storm.tuple.TupleImpl.isTick(TupleImpl.java:218)
at storm.kafka.bolt.KafkaBolt.execute(KafkaBolt.java:92)
at
storm.kafka.bolt.KafkaBoltTest.executeWithoutKey(KafkaBoltTest.java:134)
```
```
java.lang.NullPointerException
at backtype.storm.tuple.TupleImpl.isTick(TupleImpl.java:218)
at storm.kafka.bolt.KafkaBolt.execute(KafkaBolt.java:92)
at
storm.kafka.bolt.KafkaBoltTest.executeWithByteArrayKeyAndMessage(KafkaBoltTest.java:104)
```
```
java.lang.NullPointerException
at backtype.storm.tuple.TupleImpl.isTick(TupleImpl.java:218)
at storm.kafka.bolt.KafkaBolt.execute(KafkaBolt.java:92)
at storm.kafka.bolt.KafkaBoltTest.executeWithKey(KafkaBoltTest.java:91)
```
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